Emily Oster When I meet people on airplanes and they find out I’m an economist, they usually ask about stock tips. – Emily Oster Airplanes Quotes Economist Quotes Meet Quotes People Quotes Stock Quotes Tips Quotes I tell my micro students everything I teach them is important, but the truth is that some things are more useful than others, and opportunity cost is near the top. How much is an hour of your time worth? It’s worth whatever wage you would get if you spent that hour working. If you work for an hourly rate, this is an easy calculation. Even if you work for a salary and a fixed number of hours, the principle is the same: It’s whatever your salary works out to per hour.
Nora Ephron I go through periods where I work a great deal at all hours of the day whenever I am around a typewriter, and then I go through spells where I don’t do anything. I just sort of have lunch – all day. I never have been able to stick to a schedule. I work when there is something due or when I am really excited about a piece. – Nora Ephron
Lizzy Caplan I’m really awkward when people recognize me. I’m not good at it, and for the most part it hadn’t happened to me until ‘True Blood,’ and then, all of a sudden, it started happening all the time. – Lizzy Caplan
FamilyTim Kennedy Find something bigger than yourself and pour every ounce of who you are into it. If that’s your family, be the best father on Earth. If you are a cop, firefighter, or a trash man, be the best. – Tim Kennedy
Neal Katyal No responsible scholar who thinks a sitting president cannot be indicted also thinks an attorney general can try to truncate a process of oversight – by Congress, for example – by ‘pre-clearing’ the president in advance. – Neal Katyal
J Philippe Rushton Those objecting to the concept of race argue that the taxonomic definitions are arbitrary and subjective. – J Philippe Rushton
TeacherTitus Welliver I think good actors are born with a kind of native gift. When you study too much with an acting teacher, that gets taken away. You lose your sense of spontaneity. – Titus Welliver
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